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People on HN downvote comments that are pro anarcho socialism without saying why they disagree. HN is a very capitalist place apparently. It would be nice if we
by TaylorAlexander 7y ago
People on HN downvote comments that are pro anarcho socialism without saying why they disagree. HN is a very capitalist place apparently. It would be nice if we could really engage in these discussions, but people seem to want to just downvote without comment.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThere's also a good degree of US interpretation of terms, where apparently communism, fascism, socialism, democratic socialism and sometimes social democrat are all indistinguishable from the USSR. It can make some discussions seem rather futile. :)
- edmundsauto 7y agoThat could indicate they don't find the discussions of political systems very interesting, or particularly relevant to HN. I'm one of those people -- I find a plot to kill Orwell interesting and I couldn't care less about the discussion of anarcho-* interesting, except very narrowly if it contributed to the context of the article. (Edit - not a downvoter however)
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoIt may be true, but my hunch is that discussions of capitalist market politics are fine and only socialism gets downvoted.
- edmundsauto 7y agoThis could be a mix of relevance (US-centric, startup centric message board) and confirmation bias.